Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Change and Development in industrial Society

Question:
Industrialization leads to greater equality, at least in some spheres. For example, caste distinctions do not matter anymore on trains, buses, or in cyber cafes. On the other hand, older forms of discrimination may persist even in a new factory or workplace setting. And even as social inequalities are reducing, economic or income inequality is growing in the world. Often social inequality and income inequality overlap, for example, in the domination of upper-caste men in well-paying professions like medicine, law, or journalism. Women often get paid less than men for similar work.
Which of the following is NOT true in relation to Industrialisation in India after Independence, but before liberalization?
Options:
India began to promote, rigorously, industries such as cotton, jute, coal mines, and railways.
India moved to invest in defense, transport, communication, power, mining, and projects.
The government introduced a licensing policy for private Industries.
None of the above.
Correct Answer:
India began to promote, rigorously, industries such as cotton, jute, coal mines, and railways.
Explanation:
industries such as cotton, jute, coal mines, and railways were the industries that dominated the Indian economy in colonial times.